This seems like a sad hardware failure that people's Windows Media expertise
wouldn't really help you with. =\

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"slarner" <slarner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a problem where using any burning software, whether it be using
> windows explorer or nero when I have a sata DVD-ROM and either a sata or
> IDE
> hard Drive when I am trying to burn a audio disk, it writes maybe at most
> 65%
> of the disk then the light goes out on the burner with no error messages
> and
> doesnt go any futher. When I cancel the job it cancels the burn but from
> that point on MCE doesnt reconize the drive or locks it up. I have to
> reboot
> the computer to retain control of the drive. If I have all IDE components
> in
> the computer, It has no issues in completing the burn. Writing dvd or data
> cds doesn't fail. I always download all of the service packs and updates,
> so
> assume I have them all. Also, the drivers and firmware for the
> motherboard
> wher up to date. My configuration is below last time at testing.
>
>
> Asus M2A-VM motherboard
> AMD Athlon X2 2.3 mhz dual core AM2 Processor
> Buffalo 2 GB DDR2-800 memory
> Sony AD-7100S DVD ROM Drive
> Hitachi 400GB 7200 RPM Sata Drive 1.5 GBps
> Maxtor 300 GB IDE 7200 RPM
> MSI PCI Express x16 video card 512 MB Memory
>
>
> Thanks